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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because it means there will be a larger burden on (smaller) younger generations to look after the aging ones.

Instead of 6 kids and 30 grandkids, you maybe have 2 kids and 1 grandkid, if you're lucky.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

as a society there's more than enough to take care of a disproportionate amount of "non-workers" but instead we make up fake bullshit jobs and force people to work 40 hour weeks so a tiny fraction of us can send their second plane to pick up their girlfriend to go on a date in Italy